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Two commercial spacecraft pulled off a surprise rendezvous in Earth orbit recently, showcasing skills that could pave the way for satellite servicing missions down the road.

The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13.

When 3I/ATLAS is closest to the Earth on Dec. 19, all the features that we are looking for will be easier to detect with our telescopes.

Anomalous amounts of volatile elements found in the Apollo samples brought back from the moon have been traced back to our own planet's leaky atmosphere.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.

'No matter what your traditions are, someone is going to break them.'

Assuming Google does manage to launch a prototype in 2027, will it simply be a high-stakes technical experiment – or the dawning of a new era?

December's faint Ursid meteor shower returns under dark skies, offering a small chance of unexpected activity.

It's one of the 21st century's best sci-fi shows. If only "The Expanse" had found the audience it deserved.

Liftoff is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. ET on Monday (Dec. 15).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. The first stage then made the company's 550th landing.

Up to 150 shooting stars may brighten the night sky each hour during the Dec. 13 peak.

The Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the debris from asteroid (3200) Phaethon

Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark.

On Episode 189 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with their favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber.

As 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' rages on, we look back at the previous TV shows to explode out of the Whoniverse.

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.

"This is a real gift for physicists as we confirm predictions made more than a century ago."

The inaugural ceremony was held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.

The seven members of the Expedition 74 crew studied stem cells, packed up a cargo ship and maintained their toilet this week aboard the International Space Station.

A satellite that rode to space Dec. 9 on a Chinese rocket nearly slammed into one of SpaceX's Starlink internet spacecraft, according to the company.